Covers That Blow Away The Original. (jazz, good, musician, guitar)
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And check out all these other Social D covers:
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Death or Glory (The Clash)
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
How are these covers when he wrote, he's singing and performing them?
I don't know. Maybe something to do with that skinny, blonde haired guy in the white shirt singing the song. In case you didn't see him, he's the one that puts on the funny looking hat about halfway through the tune. Hard to miss.
This song was originally performed by Aretha Franklin's sister Erma. Whether Janis Joplin's "blows it away" is perhaps arguable, but it's less arguable that it has eclipsed the original. Faith Hill's was also a hit, and might also be more well known than Erma's, so I'm including it too. Interestingly, now that I hear it, I think I like Erma's pretty well.
This song was originally performed by Aretha Franklin's sister Erma. Whether Janis Joplin's "blows it away" is perhaps arguable, but it's less arguable that it has eclipsed the original. Faith Hill's was also a hit, and might also be more well known than Erma's, so I'm including it too. Interestingly, now that I hear it, I think I like Erma's pretty well.
Wow, where does one start.
As an African American, a participant in the Black awareness renaissance of the late 60's, I like many other brothers and sisters were incensed over the accolades heaped upon Janis Joplin for her cover of Piece of My Heart only one year after the release of the original recording my Erma Franklin. Crowned the "Queen of the Blues" when original and far more worthy female blues artist were still alive and living in obscurity was emblematic of the times and a true outrage to African American contributions to American culture. Does Janis's version "blow away" the original? Not by a country mile, but is it good, really really good, song by a woman, like any blues artist of merit, by her own personal demons. Unfortunately it took me more than 30 years to learn to appreciate her version for what it was, a heart felt homage to the blues genre. I have come to recognize that it was not Ms. Joplin who sought such recognition but rather the media of the time that still to a large extent choses to bestow honorifics on her to the neglect of others of equal or greater stature.
PS - I had the same problem with Clapton and few others of the time.
PS - I do like the Faith Hill version. If I were on a desert island with no 3G and only space for one version on my iPod, I would opt for the Joplin version.
Do yourselves a favor and check out the New York Daily News Top 100 covers. There are some fascinating choices, like this gem, Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven, pretty damned amazing.
A blow away, I don' know but Dolly Parton is a true musical treasure I don't care what your musical taste may be.
I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Foghat (1972)
originally done by Etta James in 1961 (1961)
I prefer the Foghat version.
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